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Small baby crying when he’s sick. He has no desire to “bully” their parents, just in another way he can’t announce that he was in trouble (is hungry, tummy ache, teething, etc.). For the baby form a favorable impression of the world (which is very important for its further development), none of his request for assistance should not be neglected. As noted by psychologists, these requests have mom must react with lightning speed. According to them, the sooner the mother comes to the child for help, the less nervous system suffers and the more favorable the impression the kid about his new habitat.

The books are especially popular in our country B. Spock a lot of advice not to take the child in his arms, not to play with him too much when he is awake, it is alleged, leads to the spoiled and prevents the development of independence. Alas, these tips (as well as much more in the books for Spock) the latest data of psychology does not stand up to scrutiny. It is tactile contact (when a child), a calm gentle voice mom give the child confidence, reduce stress, and thereby created the conditions for independence.

All parents it is advisable to learn one simple thing: in the first months of life (approximately one year) there is no danger to spoil the child. Love and affection can never have too many.

A young child also needs food, sleep, movement, there is also the need for love, Continue reading →

We arrived from the hospital. The first month of a child’s life is the most important for its further development and at the same time the most difficult. Everyone knows how difficult and painful childbirth are, but nobody really knows and feels how this process takes the child. Here childbirth successfully ended, mom easier… And the baby? ALL around more… the First breath, first cry…

Begin to work your reflexes, hunger, colon cleansing, hot, cold and others. Terrible, a huge stress – no wonder weight loss of 10% in the first 3 to 4 days of baby’s life is considered normal. Usually the child immediately put to the mother’s breast, he learns the sounds of the heart, the voice of the mother, receives the first drops of colostrum.

But here was the first week, organs and systems of the child has adapted to a new environment, recovered and began to increase the weight. All the baby needs for normal growth and immunity to the environment is contained in breast milk that appears on 3 to 5 a day, up to this time the child is fed colostrum. Allocation of colostrum and milk is usually sufficient for the nutrition of the child is produced as much as needed when feeding the baby on demand, usually in the first month the child should ask breast 10 – 12 times a day.

Mommy infant toddler tough: the days fly by, like a flash in the care of the little miracle that had settled in her house less than a year ago. But if the baby is not sleeping during the day, you can imagine how my mom’s head is spinning! We have to do all the chores, care baby, take care of diet, hygiene, yourself need to not forget, after all, not poevshaya on time and well rested mother will not receive the required volume of milk for feeding.

In such an active rhythm of life the baby who suddenly refused to sleep during the day, makes unexpected chaos in mom mode, becomes restless himself, and both are already tense enough that without the help of a third party, they can not do!

Well, if there’s an assistant who will swing to lull your toddler will replace mom in the kitchen or take a walk with the baby on the street. But if there is no such person, the parent simply can’t cope without the few valuable tips!

In this article, you will learn:

The reasons why babies don’t sleep during the day

My tummy hurts

The most common reason for a lack of sleep in babies, the first three months of life is colic in the abdomen. The intestinal flora of the newborn baby is formed for two whole years, but the first three months is a special time of formation, when in the intestines Continue reading →